This is a list of collegiate churches in England. In Western Christianity, a collegiate church is one in which the daily office of worship is maintained collectively by a college of canons; consisting of a number of non-monastic or "secular clergy" commonly organised by foundation statutes into a self-governing corporate body or chapter, presided over by a dean, warden or provost. In its governance and religious observance a collegiate church is similar to a cathedral, although a collegiate church is not the seat of a bishop and has no diocesan responsibilities. As the primary function of collegiate canons was that of corporate worship, a collegiate church differed in principle from an ordinary parish church whose clergy (even when there might be several of them) had as their primary respo